·State program
Kinship Support Services
Kinship Support Services provides a monthly stipend ($300 per month per child) and diaper allowance to relatives and non-relatives caring for children placed by the Arizona Department of Child Safety.
What you get
Information, Services, as recorded:
- Kinship Stipend $300.00 per month per child (unlicensed caregivers); diaper allowance $62.50 per month per eligible child
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Arizona?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 04
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 05
Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- 06
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 07
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Applicant age
“Kinship caregivers and all adult household members must be at least 18 years of age, fingerprinted for and cleared by a criminal history record check.”
dcs.az.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“A Kinship Foster Caregiver includes a grandparent, any level of a great-grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, or any other adult relative”
dcs.az.gov →
How to apply
- 01
DCS Specialist submits referral; KSS provider agency contacts caregiver by telephone within 1 business day and makes an in-home visit within 3 business days